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AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism

By Annika Brockschmidt

…n so brazen or flamboyant. The AR-15—the gun with which a disproportionate number of mass shootings in the US are committed—has become a central part of White Christian nationalist iconography, as well as a stark expression of the violent ideology behind it. On January 6, 2021 a banner with the slogan “God Guns and Guts Made in America, Let’s Keep all Three,” was carried by insurrectionists storming the Capitol. Yet despite all this, Republicans a…

3 Takeaways from #Easter2015

By Michael Schulson

…have a common phrase, a common idea.” The church put the hashtag on their website. Pastors pushed it on social media. It appeared in New Life’s local TV commercials. People use social media. Marketers use social media. Spreading the good news is, on some level, a form of marketing. As a simultaneous marker of identity and identity marketer, the hashtag plays a neat trick: it lets you affiliate yourself with a club, and then broadcast that clubbin…

Interfaith Group to Political Candidates: Ditch Divisive Religious Appeals

By Sarah Posner

…support based upon religion” is available on the Anti-Defamation League’s website. It is co-signed by the American Islamic Congress, the American Jewish Committee, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the Interfaith Alliance, the Islamic Society of North America, the Hindu American Foundation, Muslim Advocates, National Council of Churches USA, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Sikh Coalition, the Union for Reform…

“Joseph Smith Himself Viewed Women as Priesthood Holders”

By Joanna Brooks

…ur community—that the institution can be more inclusive. Tell me about the website. We launched Ordainwomen.org because we wanted to foster a more open, personal conversation about ordination and create a safe space where Mormon women can share why they are in favor of it. And the reaction? Overwhelmingly positive. And we’ve received many more profiles. Like from Sharyl, who serves in the stake Relief Society (women’s auxiliary) Presidency. Her p…

Religious Freedom May Now Include Discrimination Against Jews and Muslims

By Heron Greenesmith

…r discrimination. Miracle Hill lists multiple services for children on its website, including a boy’s shelter, a children’s home, foster care services, and homelessness services for young men. The agency shares that it reunited 187 children with their families in 2017. But if Miracle Hill is offered or given the chance to work with a child and family who are not Protestant, will the agency turn away the case? Or will it accept the case, but potent…

Gay by the Grace of God

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…the Princess Diana Gay Bible has launched “Leviticus International,” a new website which promises to help unhappy straights become gay. According to film producer Max Mitchell, creator of the site, “Jesus Christ has the power to end heterosexuals’ misery and make them happy well-adjusted gays.” The site promises to help release people “from the shackles of straight life,” and provides testimonies from those who “Prayed and Got Laid.” Mary Bermanof…

Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Patriarchal Christian Group

By Julie Ingersoll

…two “ministries” share elements that facilitated the abuse, and a growing number of “alumni” are raising concerns. Gothard has staffed the headquarters of his $95 million nonprofit with young home school volunteers, some of whom (now adults) recently started sharing stories of his behavior toward them when they were teens, away from home serving the ministry on the website Recovering Grace. A groundswell developed and Gothard was forced to resign…

Burning Books, Arresting The Pope, And The Death Of The Tea Party

By The Editors

…he tea party’s demise imminent? To view the whole ‘diavlog’ click below. To view separate clips go to the Bloggingheads website here….

Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

By Sarah Posner

…at the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute last week. (Notably, at the JTA’s website, the headline reads: “For Messianic Jews, Bush speech a coup but acceptance elusive,” but the Jewish Daily Forward ran it under the headline,”George W. Bush Ducks Spotlight at Jews for Jesus Fundraiser.”) Kampeas quotes some anonymous sources in the Bush camp, who claim that the former president had no idea that raising money for Messianic Jews might play negatively…

Kavanaugh Hearings Are a Commentary on Mormonism

By Holly Welker

…member of the group and know little about it besides what I’ve read on its website and Facebook page, but I burst into tears of gratitude at Senator Booker’s request. It’s rare that Mormon women are taken seriously. Senator Hatch, his voice cracking in shrill incredulity, protested the fact that the hearing explored Kavanaugh’s “conduct in high school!” and “claims from his teenage years!” Looking up from his prepared statement and gesturing to un…